04 janeiro 2007
ECOPOL
WikiLeaks is developing an uncensorable version of WikiPedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary targets are highly oppressive regimes in China, Russia, central eurasia, the middle east and sub-saharan Africa, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the west who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their own governments and corporations.
CULTURAS IN VITRO
"Built for Crime" (2006), Monica Bonvicini;
from the exhibition, "Never Missing a Line"
from the exhibition, "Never Missing a Line"
Museum and gallery exhibitions in New York - Our Top 10 List for 2007:
1. “Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years” — The Museum of Modern Art
Jun. 3-Sep. 10, 2007
2. “Lawrence Weiner” — Whitney Museum of American Art
Opens October 2007
3. “High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting 1967-1975” — National Academy Museum
Feb. 15-Apr. 22, 2007
4. “Impressed by Light: Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1960” — The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sep. 25-Dec. 31, 2007
5. “Anthony McCall: New Work” — Sean Kelly Gallery
Feb. 2-Mar. 10, 2007
6. “Networked Nature” — Foxy Production
Jan. 11-Feb. 18, 2007
7. “Monica Bonvicini: Never Missing A Line” — SculptureCenter
Jan. 7-Mar. 25, 2007
8. “Tom Sandberg” — P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Feb. 11-Apr. 6, 2007
9. “Unsung” — Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery
Feb. 16-Mar. 17, 2007
10. “Design for the Other 90%” — Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
May 4-Sep. 23, 2007
E ainda:
The Centre Pompidou is presenting work by Hergé through Feb. 19.
Bringing together several hundreds of original drawings, prints and other documents, this exhibition pays homage to the work of famed Belgian illustrator Georges Remi—better known as Hergé—who would have celebrated his 100th birthday in 2007.
CULTURAS IN VITRO
Mafia's Bible puzzle has police guessing: Detectives have asked the Vatican to help to decipher cryptic biblical messages published by the new Mafia Godfather in Latin. [...]
Mafia bosses, many of whom profess to be good Catholics, have often used the Bible to construct coded notes, known as pizzini, that are used to communicate with underlings.
Mafia bosses, many of whom profess to be good Catholics, have often used the Bible to construct coded notes, known as pizzini, that are used to communicate with underlings.
03 janeiro 2007
ECOPOL
Estava-se mesmo a ver: Saddam is not dead (The truth on the Saddam Hussein execution video and his death)
VITAMEDIAS
Caro João, a vantagem n'"essa antiga e sólida democracia" é que os jornalistas questionam todos os assuntos. Sem relação com um escrutínio semelhante em Portugal, portanto.
Dois exemplos.
Pela positiva:
Can we see all the documents, memos and e-mails supporting the Attorney General's advice on the legality of the war in Iraq?
The Government finally published the written advice earlier this year after it was leaked to the media. But some of the other documents have been withheld on the grounds of professional legal privilege which protects disclosure of advice between the Attorney General and his client, in this case the Government.
Pelo contrário:
Would you tell us a little more about the sweater given to George Bush by Tony Blair?
This information is not in the public interest.
Dois exemplos.
Pela positiva:
Can we see all the documents, memos and e-mails supporting the Attorney General's advice on the legality of the war in Iraq?
The Government finally published the written advice earlier this year after it was leaked to the media. But some of the other documents have been withheld on the grounds of professional legal privilege which protects disclosure of advice between the Attorney General and his client, in this case the Government.
Pelo contrário:
Would you tell us a little more about the sweater given to George Bush by Tony Blair?
This information is not in the public interest.
VITAMEDIAS
A sério, leiam isto, e depois falemos de direitos de autor no século XXI:
How the anti-copyright lobby makes big business richer: We're continually being told the Internet empowers the individual. But speaking as an individual creative worker myself, I'd argue that all this Utopian revolution has achieved so far in my sector is to disempower individuals, strengthen the hand of multinational businesses, and decrease the pool of information available to audiences. All things that the technology utopians say they wanted to avoid. [...]
I'm a freelance professional photographer, and in recent years, the internet 'economy' has devastated my sector. It's now difficult to make a viable living due to widespread copyright theft from newspapers, media groups, individuals and a glut of images freely or cheaply available on the Web. [...]
User Contributed Content should be more accurately termed 'Audience Stolen Content', because media groups rarely pay for Citizen Journalism images and more often than not, either claim the copyright or an all-encompassing license from contributors, when they send their pictures in. That's a copyright grab in all but name. [...]
So as a consequence, the only entities that are now able to make decent profits from photography are large corporations - because only those corporations have the infrastructure to aggregate images into massive hubs. [...]
So the upshot is, a copyright-free environment has simply enriched large businesses at the direct expense of individual authors. But shouldn't the little guy enjoy the same protection of copyright law that the big corporations do?
We can't afford to. Suing for multiple copyright theft is simply not feasible for individuals. [...]
In reality, what is happening on the web is the transfer of the authors' labour to large corporations for nothing. Anti-copyright lobbyists have become either unwitting allies, or shills, for big business.
How the anti-copyright lobby makes big business richer: We're continually being told the Internet empowers the individual. But speaking as an individual creative worker myself, I'd argue that all this Utopian revolution has achieved so far in my sector is to disempower individuals, strengthen the hand of multinational businesses, and decrease the pool of information available to audiences. All things that the technology utopians say they wanted to avoid. [...]
I'm a freelance professional photographer, and in recent years, the internet 'economy' has devastated my sector. It's now difficult to make a viable living due to widespread copyright theft from newspapers, media groups, individuals and a glut of images freely or cheaply available on the Web. [...]
User Contributed Content should be more accurately termed 'Audience Stolen Content', because media groups rarely pay for Citizen Journalism images and more often than not, either claim the copyright or an all-encompassing license from contributors, when they send their pictures in. That's a copyright grab in all but name. [...]
So as a consequence, the only entities that are now able to make decent profits from photography are large corporations - because only those corporations have the infrastructure to aggregate images into massive hubs. [...]
So the upshot is, a copyright-free environment has simply enriched large businesses at the direct expense of individual authors. But shouldn't the little guy enjoy the same protection of copyright law that the big corporations do?
We can't afford to. Suing for multiple copyright theft is simply not feasible for individuals. [...]
In reality, what is happening on the web is the transfer of the authors' labour to large corporations for nothing. Anti-copyright lobbyists have become either unwitting allies, or shills, for big business.
TECNOSFERA
The Wrong Question: Is It A "Real Blog"? about 40 per cent of the 2,200 people who have responded think that the ability to comment isn't a requirement, but enhances a blog's content "dramatically," and about 34 per cent say that commenting isn't a requirement. The remainder think that a blog without comments isn't a real blog [...]
The bottom line for me is simply that the comments on a post are often at least as interesting as the post itself, and in some cases much more so. In that sense, the post is like a magnet that attracts different viewpoints - some of which are bound to be moronic "you're an idiot" kind of comments, but some of which are occasionally going to add huge value. [...]
So is a blog really a blog without comments? Sure it is, if only because the term "blog" is so viscous and malleable that it can mean just about anything. But I don't think of BoingBoing or Google's blog or other prominent examples as being "blogs" in my definition. Are they valuable? Sure. Interesting? Often. But - at least as far as I'm concerned - still missing something.
The bottom line for me is simply that the comments on a post are often at least as interesting as the post itself, and in some cases much more so. In that sense, the post is like a magnet that attracts different viewpoints - some of which are bound to be moronic "you're an idiot" kind of comments, but some of which are occasionally going to add huge value. [...]
So is a blog really a blog without comments? Sure it is, if only because the term "blog" is so viscous and malleable that it can mean just about anything. But I don't think of BoingBoing or Google's blog or other prominent examples as being "blogs" in my definition. Are they valuable? Sure. Interesting? Often. But - at least as far as I'm concerned - still missing something.
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